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  1. contentiouslyadverb

    In a contentious manner

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Contentiouslyadverb

    Perversely; quarrelsomely.

    Etymology: from contentious.

    We shall not contentiously rejoin, or only to justify our own, but to applaud and confirm his maturer assertions. Brown.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of contentiously in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of contentiously in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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